Yeah, you can stop her from doing all that stuff. But it's clear she's already done it anyway. Ivy and Lena have had lesbian sex in the past, they've done drugs together and they've slept around together. You can try to make her into a different person, but you can can't unmake the past, when she's been clearly very different, under Ivy's influence.
This is shown clearly with Holly. If Lena prevents Ivy having an undue influence over Holly, then she remains pretty much herself, albeit somewhat more confident and outgoing. But if she allows it, regardless of what Lena does herself, Holly rapidly transforms into Ivy Mark 2. And I'm guessing that's pretty much what happened to Lena. Love her or hate her, this girl has bucketloads of confidence, and most girls can't help but be impressed by her. Even Emma, who is hardly someone who gets easily influenced by others, is a bit in awe of Ivy when she meets her at Blazer.
Also, I think there's a bit of a difference between what Holly does with Lena, in the safe confines of Lena's bedroom, with someone she's obviously developing sexual feelings for, and what Lena does in public, with professional photographers, she's never previously met or being sketched by dozens of complete strangers, some of whom are clearly only there to get a sexual thrill. It's a pretty large order of magnitude different, which Pure Holly would never dream of contemplating. But Ivy influenced Holly, is entirely different matter. How long before she starts posting erotic photos of herself on Peoplegram? She's even suggesting to Ian that her next novel might diverge from the fantasy genre into erotic fiction. So promoting herself on social media, in a similar way to Ivy, might then become an advantage?
Cindy is clearly one of those girls who is celebrity obsessed and dreams of the glamorous lifestyle she could have, if she could become a model. But she obviously lacks confidence, even though it's clear to everyone around her, that she's actually hot and sexy. She just needs someone to tell her that and encourage her to take that step , and Wade never does, because that's not the kind of lifestyle or girlfriend that he really wants. Nobody is really surprised when Cindy actually does become a model, because only she believed that she wasn't capable of being one. So when Axel, starts saying that she'd be perfect, the dream is already there, waiting to be activated by someone who can make it happen. It's not a random event that she just falls into, because she desperately needs the money or she's got nothing better to do. It's something she's always craved, but needed for someone to say, that yeah it's not an outrageous idea. And that's what really makes Axel attractive to Cindy, because he can facilitate her dream, which is the glamorous celebrity lifestyle, that would come with being a successful model. It's not a random occurrence, because the player makes certain choices, it's her previous history, experiences and desires that push her inevitably in that direction. Because that's who she is, and the player can only modify that, by making her hook-up with Ian instead.
Is Cindy really even into Axel? Unless she's having a relationship with Ian, who she's clearly developing feelings for, I think she's still not completely over Wade? And perhaps Axel is just the guy she fucks to try and get past him? If Lena rejects him, then it's clear Axel sees Cindy as a possible replacement for her. But very much, a second class replacement. So I just don't see these hook-ups going anywhere. Because they just don't have the chemistry, that Axel and Lena obviously have, if you allow them to start hooking up again. Ian is clearly supposed to be the 'one' for Cindy (if you allow it to happen) and if you don't, then it will probably be someone else after this game is completed.
What I'm trying to say, is that what went before, is important. And whatever choices you make, you can't wish away the past and the influence that it has on these characters, and will continue to have throughout the remainder of the game. Yes, you can remake Lena and Ian to be closer to what you want, and to a lesser degree the other characters, but what they were before the players start meddling, will always be a factor and it's not beyond the realms of possibility that Eva won't throw a spanner in the works, to try to derail the players efforts. Which is clearly the case, with Gillian's return, and the fact she's now going to be working with Ian. So it's not like he can just avoid her. She's going to be there on a regular basis, stirring up old memories. And if you've not allowed Ian to completely disregard his feelings for his ex-girlfriend or you've allowed him to re-connect with her in any way. You just know, that somewhere down the line, she's going to come after Ian.
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